I have been working on my music for about a year now since I last asked for input, reading what I can and doing a lot of comparative listening (my track vs. X artist track). I am now at the point where I could use some feedback on my overall sound and structuring. Any advice or feedback is appreciated, especially on issues of mixing and synth selection, my biggest weaknesses.
Richard Butler
To me the intro is excellent in every way, original too. The snare is not quite glued in. There's a synth comes in about 3 mins that for me is a little awkward and sharp.
The intro is enough for me to think your work pretty top draw. I liked the first halve of the break but for me the track goes dopwn hill once that squeaky synth joins and the drop didn't improve this sense, but dont less this put you off as a few minor changes could make it a top track, for my tastes anyway.
Trancelover03591
Thanks Richard, I appreciate that very much and the fact you went into specifics.
Unfortunately, I sent this out and it was listened to by a few popular labels but none responded (which doesn't surprise me). I got a written rejection today from one and that was when I made it public and decided to move on from it.
One issue I have is that I am a progressive (in terms of flow) minded producer and DJ. Today, the popular electronic DJs and labels just don't seem to want progressive, long tracks. I am having to learn how to make shorter tracks.
I have been working on my music for about a year now since I last asked for input, reading what I can and doing a lot of comparative listening (my track vs. X artist track). I am now at the point where I could use some feedback on my overall sound and structuring. Any advice or feedback is appreciated, especially on issues of mixing and synth selection, my biggest weaknesses.
Take the intro parts, and remake the song into a house song. The rest I think you could easily scrap.
Richard Butler
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Originally posted by Trancelover03591
Thanks Richard, I appreciate that very much and the fact you went into specifics.
Unfortunately, I sent this out and it was listened to by a few popular labels but none responded (which doesn't surprise me). I got a written rejection today from one and that was when I made it public and decided to move on from it.
One issue I have is that I am a progressive (in terms of flow) minded producer and DJ. Today, the popular electronic DJs and labels just don't seem to want progressive, long tracks. I am having to learn how to make shorter tracks.
My taste talking here, but it seems to me the intro parts one can sink ones teeth into, the sounds can be individually heard, and as such the whole thing has a bite to it.
I like the groove, but this seems to dissapear under a wall of sound later on.
Again just my taste, but once we get into the break it does what most tracks do and gets a little bit 'bloke noodling on Sylenth at NAMM' esque.
It seems to me to be very hard now to pull off a convincing melody fest in EDM, although of course some do it.
The other common problem right accross melodic edm seems to be this feeling of a cinematic film score break sandwiched into a dance track. Again some can pull this off , but most, self included cannot, it just all sounds, well, lame and a bit dog charity advert.
Don't worry I'm with you all the way and it often feels to me like a futile journey - perhaps looney was right when he told me a while back that some of us dont have the right aesthetic to produce convincing edm. Not saying you btw - I mean't me.
I think I prefer short tracks these days, somehow less is more, about 4 or 5 minutes does me unless it's Friday night, late and brainwise a bit gashbin.
Trancelover03591
-Beatflux, I think I am going to do just that. All the positive feedback I have been given is for the intro. I will just scrap the breakdown and climax and remake it into a House song.
-Richard, I really get what you are saying. I think you stated a lot of things I have thought without being able to say them. I have traditionally filtered way to much and my songs lose energy as a result, constantly going up and down. I might be with you on not being able to produce EDM. I always feel like Arty, Breakfast, Avicci, ect started producing when they were 17 and got signed when they were 18 because it comes naturally to them.
